Getting started
Admin overview
A tour of the admin dashboard, the sidebar, and how everything fits together.
The Overview is your admin home — the dashboard you land on whenever you open the admin area. It gives you a snapshot of your organisation and quick links to everything you'll do day to day. You'll find it at the top of the admin sidebar, marked Overview, just below the Subscription link.
Who can use this
Club admins and moderators can open the admin area and see the Overview. Admins can do everything; a moderator sees a slightly trimmed sidebar — any item they don't have permission for (for example Newsletters, which needs the news-publish permission) is simply hidden. Everything you see only ever affects your own organisation.
What's on the page
From top to bottom, the dashboard shows:
- Setup prompts — friendly call-outs that only appear while something is unfinished, such as Finish setting up your group (the setup wizard) or Connect your own domain.
- Welcome hero — a greeting with quick buttons: + New news post, Edit pages and View public site →.
- Stat tiles — Active members, Pending applications, Pages and News posts, each clickable through to its section.
- Onboarding checklist — a progress bar and tickable list of setup steps.
- Recent news and Recent activity — your latest posts and a log of recent admin actions.
- Quick actions — a grid of shortcuts to common tasks.
- Plan footer — your current plan and a Manage billing → link.
Step by step
Get oriented when you log in
- Open the admin area; you arrive on the Overview.
- Read the stat tiles for a quick health check. A tile may show a note like +3 this week or 2 stale.
- If a warning banner says applications have been pending for more than 14 days, click Review now → to clear them.
Finish your setup
- Work down the Onboarding checklist — each unticked item (choose a theme, upload your logo, set up your homepage, publish your first news post, approve applications, configure email sender, customise navigation) links straight to the right page.
- Or click Continue wizard → to be walked through setup step by step.
Jump to any task
- Use the sidebar on the left, grouped into sections (Website management, User management, Publish updates, Competitions, Revenue, Business management, System).
- Hover an item and click the star to pin it to a Favourites group at the top. Click a section heading to collapse or expand it — your choices are remembered on this device.
- Or press ⌘K (Ctrl-K) or click Search in the top bar to jump to any section, page, news post or member by name.
Field reference
| Item | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Active members | Count of approved, active members; notes new joiners this week. |
| Pending applications | People waiting for a decision; flags any stale ones. |
| Pages | How many website pages you've built. |
| News posts | Published posts, with a draft count if any. |
| Subscription (sidebar) | Your plan; highlighted with an Upgrade pill on a trial or free plan. |
| Overview (sidebar) | Returns you to this dashboard. |
| Notification bell (top bar) | Your alerts; a red badge shows the unread count. |
Tips & FAQ
- View public site → (top bar and hero) opens your live website so you can see what members see.
- The bell in the top bar lists your notifications — click Open to follow one, or Clear all to dismiss them.
- A sidebar section is missing. Either it's collapsed (click the heading to expand) or your role doesn't have permission for it.
- Where do I manage my plan? Use the Subscription link at the top of the sidebar, or Manage billing → in the plan footer. See Subscription & billing.
- Related: Members, Applications, News, Pages, Theme and Activity log.